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IH Cub Tractor Powers 4-Ft. Wide Snowblower
For 34 years I’ve used my IH Cub tractor to power a 4-ft. wide snowblower I bought used from a local implement dealer. The snowblower is powered by a Wisconsin 2-cyl., electric start engine that mounts on the back of the tractor.
     A long, 1 1/2-in. dia. pto shaft that rides on three pillow block bearings runs from the back of the tractor to the snowblower. The pto belt-drives a 14-in. pulley which gears the snowblower down. Fortunately, the tractor’s pto turns in the same direction as the snowblower.
    I made a clutch to put the snowblower in gear and then use the tractor’s hydraulics - originally designed to raise or lower a belly-mounted row crop cultivator - to raise or lower the snowblower via lift chains on both sides of the snowblower.
    I use the snowblower on my 150-ft. long sloped driveway, and it works great. The weight of the engine provides a lot of traction. We live in an area that gets a lot of snow - more than 8 ft. fell last winter - so my snowblower gets used a lot. It’s built rugged and I wouldn’t trade it for anything on the market. (John Richards, 404 Lk Dalrymple Rd., RR 1, Sebright, Ontario Canada L0K 1W0 ph 705 833-1224; grannyrich39@yahoo.ca)



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2017 - Volume #41, Issue #6